The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-05-21

And his bold band OF volunteers
In Indian warfare met their death,
Saved Juan Ortigo who was ta'en
A prisoner when the rest were slain.
Ucita was the chiettain's name
Who took the prisoner homo with him,
And there condemned him to the flame.
Ortigo's chances were quite slim.
For on a sca1lold hc was bound
About four feet above tho ground,
And pine-knots underneath were laid
And all the preparations made
For a first. class old-time cremation,
Wherein tho corpse is far from patient!
Now Juan Origo was man
OF fine pysique and comedy face.
His brow was broad, his frame was grand
And full of rich Hidaigan grace.
His long dark locks W ore just too nice,
His soft moustache was "cert ainlee"-
And all tho joys of paradise
Were centred in his fine goatee!
Old Ucita, through pure good luck,
For all his cruel savage pluck,
Had raised n daughter puro and fair,
4 thing with savagcs most rare.
WICHITA was fine young girl,
Although her hair would never curl
But hung in two long tresses down
Her back and nearly reached the ground.
She had tho Indian color, red,
But not their high check bones or head.
Her features were almost petite,
Small, slender hands and smaller feet,
But Il substantial araist and bust,
Which all appreciate, h~st.
She seemed to be an atavism,
Resembling Eve in all that's sweet;
4 sort of rural solecism,
Which sometimes still wc strangely meet.
A farmers daughter has boon known
To outshine queens upon their throne.
Wichita saw Ortigo's franc,
And also saw the kindling flame,
And with her nlaiden's voice she cries,
ooh spare the prisoner, Father wise!
Twill to your name more honor give
To lot the conquered hunbly live"
The chioftain heard his daughters cry,
And in the twinkling of All eye,
He ordered Juan to be unticd
With fair Wichita by his side.
Tho girl, as you can we'll conceive,
Was almost shoulder.doep in love;
For she was ready to believe
That Juan eXcelled the stars above.
She viewed alone his splendid frame,
And thought his mental parts the Same.
And wnen she did his worth compare
With all the savages she knew.
Chieftain and warrior, bold and square,
Yet cruel and treacherous, through and
through
Her mind was rapid to conclude
That they, not ho, wero course and rude.
God help the maidens on this earth
Who fall in love with manly worth;
When all they wish for is achieved,
They're suro TO be the worst deceived.
Mon arc such humbugs you can't tell
A thing about Thorn bad or we'll.
But still it seems to be their nature
10 bow before splendid creature,
That's grand in look and word and decd,
But Of true goodness they such need
That, while they like with wits to play,
And maids whom genius most has blest
1dn,irc tho most, they must and may,
They lore the brsi-Mc rc,v best,
But poor Wichita, weak and fair.
| Fell dead i'll love will; Juan's dark hair,
| His straight mustache and fond hi: eyes,
| And other fancied qualities.
Now Juan was neither saint nor fool,
But fell in love at once himself.
And married her by Indian rule.
His Spanish wife laid on the shelf.
Some marry for love and some for gain,
| And some for talents strong and clear;
Some for beauty that's slight and vain,
| But Ortigo married from wholesome tar
They had glorious marriage dance
In which the prophets fell in trance
| And sang with voices loud and free,
| Ni3,Ghn7u! NfndhaHi'
They lived together meath the oaks
| As pleasantly as other folks.
Their blissful days fled by full soou
Like one eternal honeymoon,
| Until aiast DcSoto came
TO hunt for priceless pearls and gold.
And Juan skipped out to search for fame
| And wealth with those maranaers bold.
Wichita now is left alone,
| But from hcr lips escapes no groan.
| Her friends Oft blame her for her choice,
She uttcrs back no plaintve voice,
She thinks not OF his base deSertion,
Nor baser far ingratitude;
She dreams not Of some new diversion,
Nor all tho joys of valo and wood.
She only thinks tho world is lonely,
And sad and dark without her love.
She thinks of doaih and that death only
Her cause OF sorrow can remove.
Ucita wandered far and wide
, Aud clothed her we'll in bison's hide,
And tried to rouse her family pride.